Computing the ₿lock universe. A hyperbolic mind at euclidean interfaces, across spherical substrates; all times, all galaxies, all dimensions.
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To the French government and the public, the Eiffel Tower was built for national prestige and architectural wonder.
For Gustave Eiffel, it was passion, engineering, his office, laboratory and base of operations.
When Gustave Eiffel built the iconic Eiffel Tower in 1889, he reserved a small, private apartment for himself near the top.
The retreat featured wallpaper, comfortable furnishings, and even a piano, making it a coveted object of desire for Parisian high society.
Despite receiving generous financial offers from the local elite to spend just one night there, Eiffel turned them all down, opening his doors only to select distinguished guests such as the inventor Thomas Edison.
I imagine that right now, you're feeling a bit like Alice. Tumbling down the rabbit hole? Hmm? I see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, this is not far from the truth.
Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto (2006) is known for its intense action, breathtaking visuals, and gripping survival sequences. However, one behind-the-scenes detail from the iconic pyramid fall scene makes the film’s commitment to realism even more impressive.
Rather than relying on a dummy, the production reportedly used a real stunt performer equipped with a safety harness and protective helmet. The decision was intended to make the terrifying fall appear as authentic and convincing as possible, capturing a level of intensity that practical stunt work can bring to the screen.
The head is many things, but important enough to be rendered as an object inside its own field is not one of them. Ersnt Mach 2.0 would be proud.
This isn’t video footage.
It’s a Gaussian splat rendered in real-time, walked by a simulated person filming on a virtual phone: gait, head turns, motion blur, rolling shutter, footsteps.
You can tap to burn the Gaussians it's made of. 🔥
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Why does the past progressively looks like the embodiment of idealised future?
Technologies that strike an equilibrium between humand-machine, immigration/integration issues fully solved, nobody wears plastic-its all quality clothing, the only screen is the shared environment.
Sam used the semiconductor industry's accumulated knowledge, materials and equipment to construct a much smaller, genuinely operative fabrication capability & acquired a local means of manufacturing something whose production previously depended on an industrial scale apparatus.
> be Sam Zeloof
> decide that making computer chips shouldn't require a billion-dollar factory
> turn your parents' garage into a semiconductor laboratory
> start making individual transistors while still in high school
> then attempt something almost nobody has done at home
> manufacture an actual integrated circuit from scratch
> in 2018, build the Z1 with six transistors
> not buy a chip, not assemble a kit
> actually manufacture the silicon chip yourself
> use chemicals, furnaces, microscopes, and ultraviolet light
> build your own machine to print microscopic patterns onto silicon
> because commercial photolithography machines can cost millions
> finish the entire first chip using 66 steps
> then go back and make something 200 times more complex
> build the Z2 with 1,200 transistors
> use salvaged equipment and machines he repairs himself
> even buy a broken electron microscope for $1,000
> a machine that originally cost $250,000
> design chips, fabricate them, and test whether the transistors actually work
> all from a garage in New Jersey
> for perspective, Intel's first commercial microprocessor had 2,300 transistors
> Sam is using technology inspired by the semiconductor industry of the 1970s
> his chips aren't competing with modern processors
> he's proving that making silicon isn't exclusively a billion-dollar industry's privilege
> imagine what happens when more people can build their own chips
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Viggo Mortensen was at the height of his fame at the time after Lord of the Rings. He took this role purely because of his love of history and immersed himself into studying the Spanish Golden Age.
For those who don't know, he is a native Spanish speaker (grew up in Argentina).
Harry Potter casting an Expecto Patronum as his future self, powerful enough to repel 100 Nazgûl, merely because he believed his dead father would somehow come save him from certain death so that he, little Hagrid & Hermione could het back safely to the Shire,
is powerful stuff.
I hereby singlehandedly create an entirely new field of study.
"The physics of acquired formability"; how physical systems acquire the means to constitute further physical systems. Thank you foir your attention to tjhis matetr.
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A determinate being with increasingly extensive authority over the forms through which it can become determinate.
